Eldamo : Quenya : yanta

Q. yanta n. “bridge” (Category: Bridge)

Q. yanta, n. “bridge” (Category: Bridge): ᴱ√RAÞA “*arch, bridge”; ᴱQ. sarapenda “wood-bridge”; ᴹQ. yanta² “yoke”

The Quenya word for “bridge” from The Lord of the Rings appendices, also the name of tengwa #35 [l] used in i-diphthongs (LotR/1123). ᴹQ. yanta “bridge” also appeared as the name of this tengwa in notes The Feanorian Alphabet from the 1930s and 40s (PE22/22, 51).

Conceptual Development: Earlier words for “bridge” include ᴱQ. penda “bridge” under the early root ᴱ√PENE (QL/73) and ᴱQ. ranta “arch, bridge” under the early root ᴱ√RAÞA (QL/79). See the entry for √YAN² “join” for a discussion of the possible later development of yanta’s root.

Reference ✧ LotR/1123 ✧ “bridge”

Element In

Q. palanyantië “telepathy”

Cognates

S. iant “bridge”

Derivations

< √YAN² “*join”

ᴹQ. yanta¹ n. “bridge” (Category: Bridge)

References ✧ PE22/22, 51

Glosses

“bridge” ✧ PE22/22; PE22/51

ᴱQ. penda¹ n. “bridge” (Category: Bridge)

See Q. yanta for discussion.

References ✧ QL/73, 82

Glosses

“bridge” ✧ QL/73; QL/82 (#penda)

Element In

ᴱQ. sarapenda “wood-bridge” ✧ QL/82

Derivations

< ᴱ√PENE “*through” ✧ QL/73

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√PENE > penda

[pendā] > [penda]

✧ QL/73

ᴱQ. ranta¹ n. “arch, bridge” (Category: Bridge)

See Q. yanta for discussion.

References ✧ PE16/142; QL/42, 79

Glosses

“arch, bridge” ✧ QL/79

Element In

ᴱQ. ilweran(ta) “bridge of heaven, rainbow” ✧ QL/42 (ilweran)

Cognates

G. rantha “arch, bridge”

Derivations

< ᴱ√RAÞA “*arch, bridge” ✧ QL/79

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ√RAÞA > ranta

[ranθā] > [ranθa] > [ranta]

✧ QL/79